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Emperor Chongzhen had a gloomy face, looking at the few ministers standing below, and he was very dissatisfied.

Originally, in order to show the emperor's concern for his courtiers, under normal circumstances, Emperor Chongzhen would let people move round stools and let a few elderly ministers sit and discuss matters.

However, these old ministers usually swear an oath, and in the blink of an eye, a bunch of bad things are presented to the emperor, and they have never let themselves worry. Holding the recital of Yang He, the governor of the three sides, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but feel angry in his heart.

Those ministers were also old gods, and Emperor Chongzhen didn't say anything, so they stood respectfully on their faces. From the outside, I can't find fault with it.

Finally, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help it, raised the recital in his hand, forcibly suppressed his anger and said: "Yang Qing said in the recital, Qindi is in another drought this year, there is no grain harvest, the disaster is everywhere, and the people are like sparks, and the prairie has been burned. Han Qing, you are the first assistant of the cabinet, I don't know what to do? ”

Seeing Emperor Chongzhen asking him, Han Yi, the first assistant of the cabinet, immediately bowed slightly, and said the countermeasures that he had already thought of: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the matter of Qin Land is not enough to worry about, first, the governors of the three sides can be ordered to severely punish the rebellious people, and those who are ineffective in suppression among the local officials will be severely punished, and those who have made many meritorious deeds will be rewarded, so that the scope of the impact of the civil uprising can be controlled to a minimum!" ”

This is what it should mean, Emperor Chongzhen nodded, but he also heard that Han Yi had more than such a countermeasure, so he just listened intently and waited for the following.

But when Han Yi said this, he paused, looked up at Emperor Chongzhen, and then bowed his head and said: "Second, we still need to allocate money and grain for disaster relief." So it's a two-pronged approach. Be safe and sound! ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded when he heard this, his mood was slightly better, and his tone to Han Yi was also a little softer: "What Han Qing said is very true, but are there any specific rules?" ”

Han Yi turned to Qian Longxi, the auxiliary minister on the other side, glanced at each other, and then saluted Emperor Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers and other ministers have discussed their eyebrows. Your Majesty, please! ”

After finishing speaking, he took out a fold from his sleeve, and the eunuch on duty on his side took it and presented it to the emperor.

Emperor Chongzhen hurriedly took the fold, unfolded it and looked at it carefully, and nodded at first, but later, his face was a little unsightly.

After reading it, he threw the fold on the imperial table, looked up at the cabinet chief assistant and said: "The popular uprising is most prominent in northern Shaanxi. Among them, the governor of Yansui has a great deal to do. You said that Hong Chengchou, the governor of Shaanxi Province, participated in the politics of the people, and made great contributions to the suppression of the people's rebellion, and if he took over as the governor of Yansui and sought his government in his position, the effect would be better, and I also recognize this......"

The situation in northern Shaanxi is the most erosive, and the reason for this is that the mobile forces in the hands of the governor of Yansui, that is, the men and horses led by Sun Xianzu, were annihilated by the heavenly army. As a result, they did not have sufficient capacity to suppress the popular uprising.

Originally, northern Shaanxi was the hardest hit place in Shaanxi Province, and there were many civil uprisings. When the elite of the Ming army from all walks of life was ordered to go to northern Shaanxi. When Hong Chengchou commanded the Heavenly Army, all the thieves fled. However, the Ming armies from all walks of life will bring enough supplies, so they will naturally harass the locality, and the so-called soldiers are like combs, which leads to the fact that some people who could have survived will not be able to survive.

As soon as the Ming troops from all walks of life returned, the civil uprising in northern Shaanxi suddenly rebounded. And even more powerful than before. And the governor of Yansui did not have enough troops in his hands, which caused the situation to deteriorate day by day.

Yang He, the governor of the three sides, was originally responsible, but in order to shirk it, he naturally put all the responsibility on the head of the governor of Yansui in the recital. These bigwigs in the court were also very annoyed by this, and finally came up with a way to replace Zhang Mengjing with Hong Chengchou. That's half a year ahead of history.

For Emperor Chongzhen, only those who can do good things are good courtiers, and since Hong Chengchou's ability is good, he naturally will not have an opinion to let him be the governor of Yansui.

I only heard him continue, and suddenly the conversation changed: "But the second article that Qing said, you can ask the household department to allocate a part of the silver taels for emergency purposes." I...... There is no silver left in my inner treasury. ”

It turned out that in Han Yi's excerpt, it was proposed to let Emperor Chongzhen allocate the silver taels in the inner treasury for disaster relief, so he had this answer.

"Your Majesty, the ministers have already found the household department Shangshu Bi Ziyan to verify, and the household department is also silverless!" Han Yi bowed his head and said.

Emperor Chongzhen frowned, and asked a little puzzled: "Didn't a batch of tax silver just arrive, how could there be no silver?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is Liaodong, and it needs to be transferred to Liaodong as soon as possible." Qian Longxi replied after hearing this, paused, and reminded slightly, "The people of Qin are just a disease of scabies compared to the Liaodong Jianyu. ”

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but feel embarrassed when he heard this, he didn't deny Qian Longxi's words, since he was going to Liaodong, he promised Yuan Aiqing, and he would definitely not drag him back. But if this money is not misappropriated, where will the money for disaster relief come from?

In desperation, Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to discuss with these two courtiers to see if he could allocate a little silver from somewhere?

But Han Yi and the others had already set their eyes on the silver in the inner treasury, hoping that Emperor Chongzhen would be able to give out this money. Discuss it with the two of them, and there will be results!

However, there is one thing, none of them thought about it, to exempt Qindi from taxes and salaries.

It wasn't until a eunuch came to report that Xu Guangqi, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, had asked for an audience, and the two sides paused exhaustedly.

"Han Qing, about Qindi, you first draw up a statement to me according to the first countermeasure. As for money and food, you should first go back and think about whether there is any other way to think of it. Emperor Chongzhen felt very tired, and after finishing speaking, he waved his hand and let them all go down.

After a while, Xu Guangqi went to the Wenhua Hall to play the pair, and Emperor Chongzhen asked a little tiredly: "Xu Qing, how is the progress of the almanac?" ”

"Your Majesty, the compilation of history is normal. The minister's visit this time was for something else. After Xu Guangqi replied respectfully, he asked with a hint of expectation, "Your Majesty, I don't know why the excerpt of the minister's last invitation to promote potatoes and sweet potatoes was left behind, this is a major event in the people's livelihood, and it can't be delayed!" ”

When he said this, he was also in a hurry. As far as he knows, not only is the disaster in Qindi serious, but even Shanxi, Henan and other provinces are showing signs of it. If the imperial court does not stabilize the situation as soon as possible, it is likely to cause great unrest.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he shook his head and said: "Xu Qing, it's not that I don't want to send it, but I was refuted by the cabinet, saying that the potatoes and sweet potatoes have caused deaths, and if the imperial court forcibly promotes these crops, it may cause a popular uprising, and you need to be cautious......

"Your Majesty!" Xu Guangqi shouted, interrupting Emperor Chongzhen's speech, "The old minister has eaten it a lot at home, and there is nothing wrong with it, and the old minister has already indicated what kind of poisonous ......"

Emperor Chongzhen rubbed his head with his hand, feeling very tired. The just now had consumed too much of his energy. (To be continued.) )